In English
The seed and the fruit
Embodiments of the Divine ! Time is passing. You are forgetting your obligations. Your life has been given to you to fulfill your duties. Do your duty. For years you have been listening to 's teachings. You are meeting many noble persons. You are performing various kinds of (spiritual exercises). What is the bliss you have derived from all these? When you put this question, there is no answer. Are you going forward at least in any one aspect of spirituality? Are you able to concentrate your mind on a single sacred act? What is it you have accomplished? What are you seeking? What is the inner significance of the fruits you seek? There is no meaning in your quest. You seek the fruits of good actions, but you indulge in bad acts. If one seeks the fruits of good deeds, he must do good deeds. Bad actions can only yield bad results. There is a Sanskrith saying, "Man desires the fruits of meritorious deeds, but performs no meritorious acts. Man wants to avoid the fruits of sin, but indulges in sinful deeds." What kind of results can one have if from dawn to dusk he engages himself in untruthful, unrighteous and evil actions? To the extent possible, one should try to practise at least a few sacred teachings. Otherwise, one will be overtaken by death with the passing of time and the wastage of the body All your achievements amount to nothing. It is your primary duty to practise one or two of the sacred teachings. You have been in the for many years. You have listened to many discourses. But you have derived little benefit from all this. You must ponder over this seriously. Then only you will reap the benefit of participation in sacred festivals.